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Hipsters: Members of the Big Toe hip-hop crew pose after winning Southeast Asia's Battle of the Year contest in Singapore. — File Photo |
HA NOI — A Vietnamese hip-hop dance crew bagged the first prize at Southeast Asia's Battle of the Year (BOTY) contest in Singapore on Sunday.
The 11-member crew, which belong to the top hip-hop dance group in Viet Nam, Big Toe, vied with five other hip-hop crews from Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Singapore, and Indonesia for the prize.
The crew will now have the chance to compete at the World BOTY, which will take place in Montpellier, France, next month.
"Although we have sent our members to compete at BOTY every year since 2005, this is the first time a Big Toe crew has won the contest," said Big Toe's leader, Nguyen Viet Thanh.
The nine-day contest in France will draw 19 crews from five continents, including representatives from South Korea, France, Brazil, and Taiwan, who are considered to be Big Toe's closest competitors.
Founded in 1992 with seven original members, Big Toe currently has 60 members, divided into four dance groups. They are widely recognised as Viet Nam's first hip hop dance troupe.
With a number of top prizes won at a variety of international competitions, Big Toe were awarded the Certificate of Merit on Tuesday by the Viet Nam Electronic Sport and Recreational Sport Association under the Ministry of Culture, Sport and Tourism.
Big Toe are planning to tour around France and Germany next year to present their hip-hop theatre production, Cam Xuc Thay Doi (Change of Emotion). — VNS